Thanks I was looking for a map of that but found it hard to find. I will be sure to send that to him as well. However the map of persecution and census data on the number of Christians was going to have high correlation even though the comparison of the two isn't completely fair.

The symbols and language used to describe the maths would be different. However as maths has an underlying truth to it due to it being a complete abstraction from reality (that can then be reapplied to reality if you want) and being placed in the realm of logic and steps of reason the underlying maths would be the same. The order that maths would develop would be slightly different, there would be a similar order to the discovery of maths as ours but some orders of discovery would differ for political reasons or simply the right mind wasn't there at the right time. They also might create areas of maths we never thought of or miss parts that we know. However these differences would smooth out over time until a very similar structure would develop but with different symbols and layouts which will result in the two types of maths looking completely different at a glance but identical upon inspection.

I don't enjoy playing solo queue as it can be very toxic and my internet isn't very trustworthy. So I play threes with my friends. We worked really hard to get up to silver and we are proud of what we have achieved. I don't see why I am not allowed to show off my hard work in queues by having a border to show my achievement. Even if it is a border that specifies that it was won in 3v3 queue that I can show off in any queue. I worked hard to get there and I improved a lot in doing so. I feel that I have earned my reward as much as anyone else that has gotten to silver which is not an easy thing to do in any queue.

All I can say is that having just finished going to an all boys boarding school in the UK that this is not uncommon in the larger private schools that are better known as the public school sector.
In my five years there we had:

five boys who were bullied out of the school for their perceived sexuality.

a reverend who actively preached a ‘pray the gay away’ agenda.

My one friend who was openly gay spent his last year (which was the one he came out in) locked in his bedroom unable to leave even to meals, which I had to take to him.

There was a suicide attempt from a boy who couldn’t handle the abuse anymore (I am not sure what happened or if he was successful, all we were told was that he attempted and then he was not seen at the school again so hopefully he is ok, the school kept it on the down low as did the boys). No one knows what his true sexuality was as he never said either way. He just had one rumour spread in his first year that set his next four years of abuse for him.

I know that there were other attempts (me included but luckily I am way passed that now) but they were not as high profile as his and were kept to people's chests.

I came out to my close friends which resulted in a parent teacher meeting with all parents except my own to reassure them that I would not be placed in any position of power over their ‘vulnerable’ children and my room was moved to a place where there were no boys who were younger than me close by.

(not totally on his article but relevant) An old student is a trans woman who was kicked out of the school for being trans and was completely stricken from the school records. She is now trying and failing to sue the school for how she was treated (which I won't go into as it is very upsetting to hear and I don't know the full story)

Boys removed from first sports teams and no longer allowed to play at all simply because of rumours.

My friends who are gay from other public schools to myself have very similar stories and experiences as described above and in the article.

What makes it worse is this mentality is not just held in place by the boys it is also maintained and encouraged by the teachers who actively ignore it and at times join in. It is institutionalised homophobia and something that I fear the public schools will find very hard to fix or correct. Everything Olly Hudson said about how the school and the boys treat the idea is completely true but it is also perpetuated by the parents as in many cases they went to the same school when they were younger and have maintained the mentality so the boys enter the school pre-wired and unwilling to change. Luckily I am no longer in the school anymore but I am trying to help them fix it by staying in contact with sympathetic teachers and helping my universities pride society to start a program where we help local schools deal with the problem.

So all I can say to someone who is stuck in the position I was in (public/private/comprehensive/state/any other school) to just hang in there. There are people trying to help. All you have to worry about is looking after yourself. I will also give advice that normally you won't here but try to hide your sexuality if your school is hostile. It is better to not face the abuse and get out of the school than face the what can be torment. Hopefully we can change things so that this is no longer needed.

However if you feel your school will be fine with it take baby steps and be careful as coming out can easily barrel out of control.

TL;DR schools can be bad. Olly is right that public schools face the same problems as state schools. Teachers are not always as supportive of gay rights as you would hope. If you are at a homophobic school try to look after yourself. We are here to help.